Published: 7th Dec, 2020
Use of hair sprays, hand sanitisers etc emit the same amount of chemical vapours as petroleum from vehicles, even though 15 times more petroleum is burned as fuel
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Use of hair sprays, hand sanitisers etc emit the same amount of chemical vapours as petroleum from vehicles, even though 15 times more petroleum is burned as fuel
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What is the concern?
- The use of scented goods (including things such as perfumes, hair sprays, air fresheners, and paints) emit the same amount of chemical vapours as petroleum from vehicles, even though 15 times more petroleum is burned as fuel.
- Each spritz of perfume contains volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
- Air pollution affects around the 90 per cent of the world, according to the World Health Organization.
- This burdens the consumer with a huge responsibility in choosing the best for themselves as well as the environment.
- Products emitting the least amount of VOCs are a need of the hour. Its effect could be severally reduced by using indoor and outdoor plants.
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What are volatile organic compounds?
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The process
- After spray, the VOCs respond to ozone contamination while reacting with sunlight and other chemicals in the atmosphere.
- Even though drivers can use gallons of gasoline each week, it’s stored in an airtight tank.
- It is burned for energy and converted mostly to carbon dioxide.
- The carbon dioxide emissions are not smog-forming VOCs, though they are a major driver of human-induced climate change
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